The former West Central Cooperative employee who allegedly took dozens of bribes worth more than $479,000 in exchange for steep discounts on crop seed and other products, is expected to plead guilty today to a federal charge of wire fraud, court records show.

The former Carroll man who state prosecutors failed to commit to a
sexual predator treatment facility last year and who later stalked young
girls online in Fort Dodge will serve up to 10 years in prison for the
crimes.

The 20-year-old Denison man who, along with another man who was already
convicted of murder, allegedly shot and burned two people in March 2014
is expected to claim he is not guilty of first-degree murder because he
was high on methamphetamine at the time of the crimes.

An allegedly fraudulent online vehicle sale, for which a 49-year-old New
York man faces two felony charges in Carroll County, did not happen in
Iowa, and the charges should be dismissed, the man’s former attorney
wrote last week in a dismissal request.

For 30 minutes this morning, John Green claimed he was in a state of
shock and — without really thinking about it — dragged the body of a Sac
City man he killed into a hard-to-reach corner of a basement, covered
it with blankets, junk and kitty litter he bought the next day, and made
it appear the man had left for Florida.

A 32-year-old Carroll man accused of killing a woman in a
drunken November crash should be freed from jail on his promise that he
won’t flee the area to avoid criminal prosecution, his attorney wrote
Thursday.

A 20-year-old Arcadia man is set to plead guilty Friday to a felony for a
November crash in which he was allegedly driving drunk near Scranton,
and he and two of his passengers suffered significant injuries.

The former Lanesboro man who was severely beaten in a 2013 brawl at his
house will serve up to 10 years in prison for possessing
methamphetamine, fleeing from police and violating the terms of his
probation for previous drug convictions.